We Want To Be Normal SEQUEL{Sanders Sides Super Hero AU}

Chapter 49

TW: Violence, Mentions of Drowning, Mentions of Exploding Organs

A reminder that this is the start of Remus and Janus's flashback chapter(s). This tells us how they met and how they came to be who they are in the present day. This story takes place approximately twenty years in the past. Now, I was born in 2004  and if you do the math then you can tell that I was not alive at this point in time, I've done my best to keep things historically accurate but I may be a bit off. For those of you who were around at this time, if you spot something that's not quite right, please let me know so it can be fixed. Thanks in advance, and enjoy the chapter!

August 10th, 2001

The lecture room buzzed with the voices of mildly excited young adults talking back and forth between each other. At the front of the classroom, a gray-haired man was copying notes onto the board, as he did everyday for every class. The sounds of the classroom were not quite loud enough to drown out the sound of the rain that poured down in buckets just outside

Thunder rumbled loudly and outside the window, the dark clouds covered up the sun, the sky illuminated by brief flashes of lightning, and barely anything else. Umbrellas and wet coats had been laid down on the ground or hung on chairs to dry. Wet sneakers and boots squeaked against each other in an annoying fashion. All in all, it was a typical rainy day.

The teacher took a glance at his watch before sighing and turning to the class, he got their attention by tapping a small hammer against a small metal gong his son had bought him on a visit to China Town because his son was just that type of tourist. The talking slowly died down and the teacher sighed as he grabbed a clipboard with a list of names to take roll, he rattled off the names with a monotone voice, marking those who made their presence known as present and anybody else absent, "Alexander Gardner?"

"Here"

"Kimbell Grace?"

"Present!"

"Remus Green?"

"Here," a young man replied quickly. His hair was dark, somewhere between brown and black, and the current haircut made it wildly curly while still being short. He had dark skin, darker than most in the class but not all of them. Dark green eyes paired with a bright and almost wide smile. He was fit and had most likely played a sport while in high school, something like wrestling or similar to it. A small scar sat on his cheek, though it wasn't as noticeable as the healing black eye he carried. He wore a jean jacket littered with all sorts of pins and iron-on patches. An old patched-up bag sat by his feet, all sorts of supplies spilling out of it in a messy pile. He sat in his seat finishing an assignment for his next class, the reason for his distracted state.

 The professor had continued on by now, "Eloise Richards?"

"Here!"

"Luke Robinson?"

"Sup."

"Janus Sanders?"

There was silence for a moment.

"Janus Sanders?" The professor repeated. No one said anything, "Janus Sanders" The professor repeated one last time. 

The professor sighed as he moved his pencil to mark the person absent just as the door flew open and slammed against the outside wall. At the very same time thunder sounded and the lights flickered on and off. "Shit! Wait! I'm not here! Don't mark me absent!" A voice shouted from the back of the classroom.

The lights flickered back on and all eyes were on the young man standing in the doorway. He instantly caught everyone's attention.

Janus was tall, taller than Remus who was already among the tallest in the class. His eyes were two different colors, one a normal brown and the other a striking yellow. They showed mischief and hid secrets, everyone could tell that much. His hair was long and black, tied into a messy braid. Any escaped hairs stuck to his face and hid parts of it from view. But that didn't hide the burn scar that came up the left side of his face and left it permanently red. He was soaked to the skin, and as soon as he was in the room everyone was interested.